L'2 president's address. 



Plate ii. 

 Another view of the same model foreshortened and seen from a lower 

 plane to express the relation of the continental shelf to the continental 

 base. Here the disproportion of the vertical to the horizontal scale 

 exaggerates the steepness of the slope as seen in profile. 



Mr. J. H. Campbell, Hon. Treasurer, presented the balance 

 sheet for the year 1909, duly signed by the Auditor, Mr. F. H. 

 Eaymeut, F.C.P.A., Incorporated Accountant; and he moved 

 that it be received and adopted, which was carried unanimously. 

 The h>ociety's income for the year ended December 31st, 1909, 

 was £985 18s. 9d.; the expenditure £1,065 lis. 6d.; with a 

 credit balance of £43 19s. 5d. from the previous year, leaving a 

 debit balance of £35 13s. 4d. The income of the Bacteriological 

 Department was £547 6s. 8d.; and the expenditure £532 6s. 7d.; 

 with a credit balance of £507 Os. 4d. from the previous year, 

 leaving a credit balance of £522 Os. 5d. Macleay Fellowships' 

 Account: the income was £1,490 13s. 6d.; and the expenditure 

 £1,101 15s.; leaving a credit balance of £388 18s. 6d. to be 

 carried to Capital Account. 



No nomination of other Candidates having been received, the 

 President declared the following elections for the current Session 

 to have been duly made : — 



President: C. Hedley, F.L.S. 



Members of Council (to fill six vacancies) : R. H. Cambage, 

 r.L.S., J. H. Campbell, H. G. Chapman, M.D., B.S., T. Storie 

 Dixson, M.B., Ch.M., Alex. G, Hamilton, and Professor J. T. 

 Wilson, M.B., F.R.S. 



Auditor : [To be appointed at a Special General Meeting to 

 be held on 3rd November, 1910.] 



On the motion of Mr. W. S. Dun, seconded by Mr. J. E. Carne 

 a very cordial vote of thanks was accorded to the President, by 

 acclamation. 



